Nurse - Residential
About The Position
The Sub-Acute Nurse is responsible and accountable for prescribing, implementing, and evaluating the nursing care delivered within their shift, and for utilizing the nursing process to provide assessment, treatment planning, and evaluation of client care within designated clinical areas. The Sub-Acute Nurse is responsible for meeting all regulatory documentation standards. The Sub-Acute Nurse participates in the multidisciplinary team, Quality Assurance, and Utilization Review activities. They act as a clinical role model and provide nursing consultation to staff within the assigned areas of responsibility.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree OR Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) + 2 years of mental health experience
- Valid California Registered Nurse License
- Current CPR-BLS certification
- At least 21 years of age
- Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and insurability through Seneca Family of Agencies’ insurance policy
- TB test clearance, fingerprinting clearance, and any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements
Nice To Haves
- Experience with pediatrics, mental health, and/or triage assessment
- Psychiatric Nursing experience
Responsibilities
- Evaluate illness or injuries.
- Monitor Physician orders for medication or treatment, and prescriptions filled at outside pharmacies.
- Maintain working relationships with Pediatricians, Specialists, Psychiatrists, Therapists, and hospitals who provide care to clients.
- Arrange appointments or receive orders for treatments when nursing expertise is required to facilitate the process.
- Ongoing training with staff on medications and handling medications.
- Provide other health-related education to staff and clients.
- Document all nursing interventions, including maintaining medication assistance records.
- Collect and analyze assessment data to identify treatment problems and formulate individualized outcomes and plans. Implement and evaluate nursing interventions.
- Review all medical incident reports for shifts.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Meet regularly with the Program Director and Psychiatrists as requested.
- Collaborate with Psychiatrist to ensure quality of medication administration, adequate consents, medical treatment and follow-up.
- Collaborate with Clinical Manager to ensure health and safety, infection control, resource utilization, and clinical and rehabilitative standards of care.
- Attend appropriate treatment reviews related to health care for youth.
- Provide on-call support for nursing questions, as needed.
Benefits
- Starting at $56.53 to $63.06 per hour
- Actual salary is dependent on creditable experience above the minimum qualifications for the role
- Additional compensation provided upon passing bilingual language proficiency exam
- Salary increases each year
- Prorated 5 weeks of flexible paid time off and11 paid holidays
- Comprehensive employee benefits package, including:
- Medical, dental, vision and chiropractic coverage and partially paid premiums for dependents
- Long-term disability, family leave, and life insurance
- 50% paid premiums for dependents
- 403b Retirement Plan
- Employer-paid Employee Assistance Plan
- Seneca is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer
- Training stipend and professional development opportunities
- Promotional opportunities across the agency in California and Washington
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
